The Carriers: What the Fragile X Gene Reveals about Family, Heredity, and Scientific Discovery Skomorowsky Anne
The Carriers: What the Fragile X Gene Reveals about Family, Heredity, and Scientific Discovery Skomorowsky Anne A tiny mutation on the X chromosome can shape a family's history. Beyond that--and a…
Specifikacia The Carriers: What the Fragile X Gene Reveals about Family, Heredity, and Scientific Discovery Skomorowsky Anne
The Carriers: What the Fragile X Gene Reveals about Family, Heredity, and Scientific Discovery Skomorowsky Anne
A tiny mutation on the X chromosome can shape a family's history. Beyond that--and a rarity among genetic disorders--some fragile X carriers not only transmit the mutation but also experience related conditions themselves. Passed down from a "carrier" parent to a child, fragile X syndrome is the most common inherited cause of intellectual disability and autism.
Anne Skomorowsky reveals how this disorder afflicts families across generations, telling the stories of the mothers and grandparents of fragile X patients and considering how genes interact with family dynamics. She In such cases, carriers can have tremors, infertility, and psychiatric disorders that complicate raising children with fragile X syndrome--and all too often, they suffer in silence.The Carriers investigates this common but still little-known genetic condition and its life-altering consequences.